Ohio voters greenlit almost two-thirds of the local property tax levies on ballots across the state Tuesday, according to the Ohio School Boards Association.

Tuesday’s election results came even with bubbling frustration over high property taxes—what some have said is due to inaction by state lawmakers.

Under the Ohio Constitution, cities and towns and schools can tax properties, not land, meaning how much an owner shells out in taxes is determined by both their land and what is built on their land. Sen. Bill Blessing (R-Colerain Twp.) is making the case to turn that on its head.

“Land value taxation goes back to Henry George,” Blessing said in an interview, referencing an American economist and writer who was tied to the Progressive Era of the late 1800s and early 1900s. “Actually, i

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